Introduction: In the northwest of Portugal, AA amyloidosis was reported as the most frequent amyloid nephropathy, but it is unclear if the disease’s incidence and outcomes have changed. The authors ...

Amyloid was then subclassified by immunohistochemistry. LCDD was diagnosed if renal biopsy showed non– Congophilic, light chain–restricted deposits that were granular by electron microscopy.

Advancements in amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) imaging have enhanced our understanding of the pathology of neurocognitive disorders, such as amyloid deposition. However, much remains ...

depending on factors such as genotype and disease stage. 2-4 The pathophysiology of ATTR-CM involves amyloid deposits accumulating in the myocardium, leading to left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) and ...

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and represents 75% of all dementia types. AD neuropathology is due to the progressive deposition of extracellular amyloid-beta (Aβ) ...

Previously known as primary amyloidosis, systemic amyloid light chain (AL) amyloidosis is the ... This type is an autosomal dominant disease in which the genetically inherited variant form of ...